Cover or lid support for barrels.



PATENTED APR. 9, 1907. W. J. MADOLE & H. BOERNER. COVER 0R LID SUPPORT FOR BARRELS.

AIPLIOATIOH FILED JUNE 11, 1906.

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COVER OR LID SUPPORT FOR BARRELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed June 11, 1906. Serial No. 321,261.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VVILLIAM J. MAnoLn andIIENnY BOERNER, citizens of the United States, residing at Paris, in the county of Henry and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cover or Lid Supports for Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and substantial form of cover or lid support adapted for attachment to pickle containing or similar barrels in use in grocery stores or the like.

The essential feature of the invention resides in the general simplicity of the attaching-support and the arrangement and construction of the parts utilized therein.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge ofthe details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and ac companying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a support comprising the invention applied to the upper portion of a barrel. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view bringing out more clearly the construction of the support and cover carried thereby. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the invention alone.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the barrel to which the invention is shown applied, and the support to which the cover or l d 2 is attached and which comprises the invention consists mainly of a bracket composed of a back piece 3, a top piece 4, extending laterally from the upper portion of the back piece 3, and a vertical arm 5, projecting upwardly from the back piece 3. The top piece 4 is secured to the back piece 3 in any substan tial manner, and the vertical arm is likewise attached to the rear side of said back piece 3. The top piece 4 is adapted to extend from the upper open end of the barrel 1 to partially close the same, cooperating with the lid 2 in this respect, said lid being hinged at its rear edge portion and the front edge portion of the top piece 4. The coversupport is attached to the barrel by means of a screw or similar fastening 6, which passes through the lower end portion of the back piece 3 and is adapted to enter the barrel to attach the device thereto.

The rigidity of the attachment of the device to the barrel is subserved by the provision of hooks 7, which engage over the upper edge portion of the barrel and which constitute integral extensions of angle-plates 8, attached to the bracket and parts 3 and 4. The angle-plates 8 have vertical portions secured to the rear or outer side of the back piece 3 and the horizontal portions extending over the top of the back piece 3 and between said back piece and the top piece 4, which is attached thereto. WVhen the hooks 7 are engaged with the barrel and the set-screw 6 is attached thereto, it will be obvious that the cover-supporting attachment is firmly held in position on the barrel. Furthermore, the vertical arm 5 is so arranged that it will readily support the lid or cover when the latter is open and convenient for manipulation thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is' A cover or lid supporting attachment for barrels comprising a bracket composed of a back piece and a top piece projecting laterally irom the upper portion of the back piece, acoverpivotcd to the top piece of the bracket, a vertical arm projecting upwardly from the back piece of the bracket for cooperation with the cover or lid, hooks projecting from the under side of the to piece of the bracket to engage over the top oi a barrel, and a screw or fastening applied to the lower portion ol" the back piece and adapted to secure the same to the body of a barrel.

In testimony whereof we aHix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM J. MADOLE. [L. s.] HENRY BOERNER. [L. s.]

IVitnesses:

J. W. LEWIS, A. L. STORY. 

